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Enrollment
715
Middle
DISTRICT 802 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUBLIN CITY·NCES 390470202753
John Sells Middle School
150 W Bridge St, Dublin, OH 43017 · (614) 764-5919 · Franklin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL715 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
365 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 227 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 253 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 235 | 33% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
62.8%
OH avg 59.8% . +2.6pp since 2021
Math
70.9%
OH avg 56.1% . -0.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.8% | 70.9% |
| 2023-24 | 60.6% | 69.4% |
| 2022-23 | 65.3% | 71.7% |
| 2021-22 | 60.2% | 71.6% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like John Sells Middle School
John Sells Middle School's state test result (64.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Sells Middle School this school | 715 | 51.0% | 64.2% |
| Ann Simpson Davis Middle School Dublin | 890 | 44.5% | 66.2% |
| Lakota Ridge Junior School West Chester | 695 | 41.4% | 69.2% |
| Hopewell Junior School West Chester | 540 | 38.1% | 76.4% |
| Lakota Plains Junior School Liberty Township | 745 | 29.7% | 77.2% |
| Hilliard Station Sixth Grade Elementary School Hilliard | 763 | 41.3% | 71.0% |
Matched among Ohio middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where John Sells Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #246 of 316 | #21 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #280 of 637 ▲ 11 | #24 of 64 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #354 of 637 ▼ 1 | #28 of 64 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #387 of 629 | #35 of 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 715 | #116 of 654 | #19 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #77 of 577 | #7 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.0% | #33 of 579 | #13 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.0% | #84 of 319 | #13 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #57 of 410 | #7 of 30 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
715
-239 (-25%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 967
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 17.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 715 | 52.8 | 13.5:1 | 51% (365) |
| 2023-24 | 725 | 51 | 14.2:1 | 51% (369) |
| 2022-23 | 693 | 56 | 12.4:1 | 37% (255) |
| 2020-21 | 954 | 55 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 923 | 14.5 | 63.7:1 | 25% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 966 | 50 | 19.3:1 | 17% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 896 | 57 | 15.7:1 | 15% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 535 | 52 | 10.3:1 | 5% (28) |
| 1990-91 | 967 | 59 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John Sells Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (923 to 715); teachers up 264% (14.5 to 52.8).
About John Sells Middle School
Among the schools in Dublin, Ohio, is John Sells Middle School, a mid-sized middle school. The school enrolls 715 students in grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 482 students for middle schools in Ohio.
Dublin City has 16,967 students in 23 schools, and John Sells Middle School is one of those schools.
White students account for 48% of enrollment at John Sells Middle School, more than any other group. Other groups make up 18% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 8% multiracial. County-wide, 59% of Franklin County residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 70%.
With 52.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.5:1. Middle schools in Ohio average 17.0:1, 3.5 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 51% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Franklin County average 41%.
John Sells Middle School scores 64.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 69.5%.
Census data for Franklin County show median household income comes to about $75,176, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 402 public schools in the county, enrolling about 195,359, John Sells Middle School among them.
About 0.1 miles separate John Sells Middle School from the closest public school, Indian Run Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, John Sells Middle School places 8th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 25% decline took enrollment from 954 in 2020-21 to 715 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.4:1 to 13.5:1.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,333,048
Census ACS
Median income
$75,176
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
402
195,359 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dublin City
- Dublin Jerome High SchoolHigh · 2,075 students
- Dublin Coffman High SchoolHigh · 1,824 students
- Dublin Scioto High SchoolHigh · 1,437 students
- Abraham Depp ElementaryElementary · 902 students
- Ann Simpson Davis Middle SchoolMiddle · 890 students
- Henry Karrer Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Other schools in Dublin
- Dublin Jerome High SchoolHigh · 2,075 students
- Dublin Coffman High SchoolHigh · 1,824 students
- Dublin Scioto High SchoolHigh · 1,437 students
- Ann Simpson Davis Middle SchoolMiddle · 890 students
- Henry Karrer Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
- Willard Grizzell Middle SchoolMiddle · 683 students
Nearby schools
- Indian Run Elementary School0.1 mi · 476
- Dublin Coffman High School0.8 mi · 1,824
- Dublin Preschool1.1 mi · 333
- Hopewell Elementary1.1 mi · 536
- Riverside Elementary School1.2 mi · 318
- Griffith Thomas Elementary School1.6 mi · 552
Frequently asked questions
About John Sells Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at John Sells Middle School?
John Sells Middle School enrolls approximately 715 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does John Sells Middle School serve?
John Sells Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at John Sells Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at John Sells Middle School is approximately 13.5:1 (53 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at John Sells Middle School?
At John Sells Middle School, the student body is approximately 48% White, 15% Hispanic, 11% Black, 18% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is John Sells Middle School public or private?
John Sells Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Dublin City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.